The Daily Advertiser
EXTRA
MONTGOMERY
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1865
We are in possession of a copy of the Jackson (Miss.) News, of the 20th, from which we take the following particulars of the killing of Lincoln and Seward. The news from Vicksburg of a victory gained by Johnston over Sherman are confirmed by the Macon, (Geo.) papers. It was in consequence of his defeat that Sherman proposed the armistice.
News from Gen. Lee's army have been received since the reported capitulation. The whole story appears to have been based upon the surrender of Custia Lee and his small force. Gen. R.E. Lee is still fighting Grant over whom he has reported to have gained two brilliant victories. We are indebted to Mr. D.J. Brown for the perusal of the Vicksburg Herald of yesterday morning, containing the following detailed account of the death of Lincoln and Seward.
The Herald is in mourning. [It says:] The following official dispatch was received by Captain J.C. Mason, of the Steamer Sultana just before leaving Cairo.

The Killing of Lincoln and Seward.
Further Particulars
GREATEST EXCITEMENT AT THE NORTH.
Speech of General Banks.
WAR DEPARTMENT
Washington, April 15, 4:10 a.m.
Maj. Gen. Dix: The President continues... and is sinking. Secretary Seward remains without change. Frederick Seward's skull is fractured in two places, besides a severe cut on the head. The attendant is still alive but hopeless. Major Seward's wounds are not dangerous. It is now ascertained with reasonable certainty that two assassins were engaged in the horrible crime, Wilkes Booth being the one who shot the President, and the other a companion whose name is not known, but whose description is so clear that he cannot escape. It appears from a letter found in Booth's trunk that the murder was planned before the 4th of March, but fell through because the accomplices backed out until Richmond could be heard from. Booth and his accomplices were at the livery stable last evenihg at six o'clock, and left there 3
with their horses at ten o'clock, or shortly before that hour. It would seem that they had been seeking the chance, but for some unknown reason it was not carried into effect until last night. One of them has evidently made his escape to Baltimore. The other has not been traced up yet. (Signed,) E.M. STANTON, Sec. of War

LATER
WAR DEPARTMENT
Washington, April 15, 10a.m.
Abraham Lincoln died this morning at twenty two minutes after 7 o'clock.
(Signed.) E.M.STANTON, Secretary of War

STILL LATER
Seward is dead.
(Signed) R

NEW YORK April 15, 9 a.m.
Intense sorrow is depicted on the countenances at the event that occured at Washington last night. The grief of all good men is appar[ent every-] where at the demise of the President. No flags were hoisted in the city this morning until the state of the President was known, when they were raised to half mast, and draped in mourning. People appear perfectly horrified, and the utmost rage is undoubtedly felt toward all known secession sympathizers.

CAIRO, April 16.-- 11:30 p.m.--
The mournful intelligence of the death of the President of the United States of America and Secretary Seward [has thrown?] the whole North into a state of excitement and fear unequaled in the annals of history. Dispatches from the North state that the buildings are draped with mourning, places of business closed, funeral knells tolling, flags at half mast and draped in black. At Cairo, an immense crowd of people assembled in front of Headquarters at 12 o'clock. M., to listen to an address from Maj. Gen. N.P.
Banks, who is on the Pauline Carroll en route to New Orleans. His speech was short but affecting, during which the tears were seen trickling down his face. During his remarks he deplored the sad event, eulogized the President and Secretary, and [said] that the President had been brought by the people from obscurity, had piloted the people through trials never before endured by any nation, and as the bright star of peace was seen apppearing in the dim horizon of the future, he sank to rest. An Illinois Copperhead, for rejoicing at the death of the President, was immediately shot.

Additional News from the North

VICTORY OF JOHNSTON
LEE'S CAPITULATION CONTRADICTED
FROM VICKSBURG-- We learn from a gentleman who left Vicksburg on Tuesday, that a Federal dispatch boat had arrived at that place bringing additional information of the state of affairs in the North. The assassination of Lincoln and Seward, is attributed to the "Copper heads," of the North, who, it is said have for a long time been plotting the destruction of the Government.
Information was also received by the same host, although it was not generally made public, that a great battle had been fought between Johnston and Sherman in which Johnston was victorious, capturing over twenty thousand prisoners, besides killing and wounding a large number. If this information should prove correct, and it is generally believed in Vicksburg, the condition of our affairs in North Carolina is none better than we were led to suppose foom previous accounts. We await further developments with anxiety.

THE FEDERALS IN TOWN
The flag of truce returned this forenoon [with] the news that the federal force would occupy the city, and wait the further developments [of] the armistice. Persons and property will [be] respected. Gunboats and transports with supplies [are] expected today. It is probable that the [taking] possession will only be tommorrow. Four Federal officers entered the town ju[st as] we were going to press.

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This single sheet constitutes the April 24, 1865, edition of the Daily Advertiser, a newspaper published in Montgomery, Ala., just as the war ended. The editor reports on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and approach of Union troops to occupy Montgomery, but did not yet know that Robert E. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox. It provides a rare Confederate perspective on events at the very end of the war. Only one other copy of this issue is known (at the American Antiquarian Society).

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The Daily Advertiser
EXTRA
MONTGOMERY
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1865
We are in possession of a copy of the Jackson (Miss.) News, of the 20th, from which we take the following particulars of the killing of Lincoln and Seward. The news from Vicksburg of a victory gained by Johnston over Sherman are confirmed by the Macon, (Geo.) papers. It was in consequence of his defeat that Sherman proposed the armistice.
News from Gen. Lee's army have been received since the reported capitulation. The whole story appears to have been based upon the surrender of Custia Lee and his small force. Gen. R.E. Lee is still fighting Grant over whom he has reported to have gained two brilliant victories. We are indebted to Mr. D.J. Brown for the perusal of the Vicksburg Herald of yesterday morning, containing the following detailed account of the death of Lincoln and Seward.
The Herald is in mourning. [It says:] The following official dispatch was received by Captain J.C. Mason, of the Steamer Sultana just before leaving Cairo.

The Killing of Lincoln and Seward.
Further Particulars
GREATEST EXCITEMENT AT THE NORTH.
Speech of General Banks.
WAR DEPARTMENT
Washington, April 15, 4:10 a.m.
Maj. Gen. Dix: The President continues... and is sinking. Secretary Seward remains without change. Frederick Seward's skull is fractured in two places, besides a severe cut on the head. The attendant is still alive but hopeless. Major Seward's wounds are not dangerous. It is now ascertained with reasonable certainty that two assassins were engaged in the horrible crime, Wilkes Booth being the one who shot the President, and the other a companion whose name is not known, but whose description is so clear that he cannot escape. It appears from a letter found in Booth's trunk that the murder was planned before the 4th of March, but fell through because the accomplices backed out until Richmond could be heard from. Booth and his accomplices were at the livery stable last evenihg at six o'clock, and left there 3
with their horses at ten o'clock, or shortly before that hour. It would seem that they had been seeking the chance, but for some unknown reason it was not carried into effect until last night. One of them has evidently made his escape to Baltimore. The other has not been traced up yet. (Signed,) E.M. STANTON, Sec. of War

LATER
WAR DEPARTMENT
Washington, April 15, 10a.m.
Abraham Lincoln died this morning at twenty two minutes after 7 o'clock.
(Signed.) E.M.STANTON, Secretary of War

STILL LATER
Seward is dead.
(Signed) R

NEW YORK April 15, 9 a.m.
Intense sorrow is depicted on the countenances at the event that occured at Washington last night. The grief of all good men is appar[ent every-] where at the demise of the President. No flags were hoisted in the city this morning until the state of the President was known, when they were raised to half mast, and draped in mourning. People appear perfectly horrified, and the utmost rage is undoubtedly felt toward all known secession sympathizers.

CAIRO, April 16.-- 11:30 p.m.--
The mournful intelligence of the death of the President of the United States of America and Secretary Seward [has thrown?] the whole North into a state of excitement and fear unequaled in the annals of history. Dispatches from the North state that the buildings are draped with mourning, places of business closed, funeral knells tolling, flags at half mast and draped in black. At Cairo, an immense crowd of people assembled in front of Headquarters at 12 o'clock. M., to listen to an address from Maj. Gen. N.P.
Banks, who is on the Pauline Carroll en route to New Orleans. His speech was short but affecting, during which the tears were seen trickling down his face. During his remarks he deplored the sad event, eulogized the President and Secretary, and [said] that the President had been brought by the people from obscurity, had piloted the people through trials never before endured by any nation, and as the bright star of peace was seen apppearing in the dim horizon of the future, he sank to rest. An Illinois Copperhead, for rejoicing at the death of the President, was immediately shot.

Additional News from the North

VICTORY OF JOHNSTON
LEE'S CAPITULATION CONTRADICTED
FROM VICKSBURG-- We learn from a gentleman who left Vicksburg on Tuesday, that a Federal dispatch boat had arrived at that place bringing additional information of the state of affairs in the North. The assassination of Lincoln and Seward, is attributed to the "Copper heads" of the North, who, it is said have for a long time been plotting the destruction of the Government.
Information was also received by the same host, although it was not generally made public, that a great battle had been fought between Johnston and Sherman in which Johnston was victorious, capturing over twenty thousand prisoners, besides killing and wounding a large number. If this information should prove correct, and it is generally believed in Vicksburg, the condition of our affairs in North Carolina is none better than we were led to suppose foom previous accounts. We await further developments with anxiety.

THE FEDERALS IN TOWN
The flag of truce returned this forenoon [with] the news that the federal force would occupy the city, and wait the further developments [of] the armistice. Persons and property will [be] respected. Gunboats and transports with supplies [are] expected today. It is probable that the [taking] possession will only be tommorrow. Four Federal officers entered the town ju[st as] we were going to press.